Heating-drum



J. SEITHER. HEATING DRUM.

No. 482,276. Patented S pt. 6, 1892.

ir li f 1 l l l 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SElTI-IER, OF KEOKUK, IOWA.

HEATING-DRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,276, datedSeptember 6, 1892. Application filed January 13, 1892. Serial No.417,937. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J AooB SEITHEE, a citi-Y zen of the United States,residing at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating-Drums; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

-My invention has special reference to that class of heating-drums whichare designed to utilize the lost heat which ordinarily escapes throughthe chimneys of stoves, furnaces, &c. and the object sought to beattained is to more effectually produce this result and to provide amore desirable device than has heretofore been known.

To this end my invention consists of certain novel features andcombinations of parts more fully described hereinafter, and pointed outin the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a heatingdrumsupplied with my improvements, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy complete device; Fig. 2, a vertical section showing more clearly itsdetail construction.

The reference-letters A and B represent the hollow heads or terminals ofmy drum, which are preferably constructed of sheet metal and arecircular in shape. To one side of these heads are secured short sectionsof pipe or tubing O, which telescope into both ends ot' the flues D. Bythis arrangement it will be seen that the heads A and B may be readilylifted out of engagement with the iiues by means of the ears or handlesE-and F, located on each head. Inlet and outlet pipes G and Hcommunicate with the heads A and B, respectively, and serve'to conveythe heat to and from the drum. These pipes G and H are located in thecenter of the heads for reasons that will now be described,

Located in the head B and directly over the inlet-pipe H is thecone-shaped heat-deliector I. This deiiector is arranged between andforms the center around which the iiues D are arranged. Hence it islocated in the center of the head. The heat on entering the drum by Wayof the inlet-pipe H strikes the this class have been constructedsomewhat similar to mine, with the exception of the heat-deflector andthe arrangement for detaching the heads and tlues. The advantages ofthis construction are obvious, for it is evident that if the drum withthe parts assembled could not be taken apart and reduced to a morecompact form, it would be very clumsy and unhandy in shipment. Thisfeature is further useful when it is desirous to clean the drum of dirt,which will collect. Indeed, this is a greater advantage than the onementioned above, for it would be almost impossible to thoroughly cleanthe device if it was arranged in a different manner.

The heat-deflector serves to more equally distribute the heat among theseveral flues. It is knownq that a great defect in heatingdrums is thatthe heat upon entering them does not go through all of the iiues orconduits, but through one or, may be, two and then out. Such a drum, itwill readily appear, is not as eifective as one in which the heat isevenly distributed by means of the deiector which I employ.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Y In a heating-drum, the combination of a pair of hollow heads orterminals, short sections of pipe or tubing connected to andcommunicating with each of the heads, a similar number of flues forconnecting the heads, fitting over the short sections of tubing, aconical heat-deiiector located in the center of the lower head anddirectly over the inlet-pipe, whereby the heat is equally distributedamong the flues, and inlet and outlet pipes connected to each head,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in ,presence of two witnesses.

JACOB SEITHER. Witnesses:

LORENZO Soo'rr, JOHN A. SMITH.

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